{"id":1552,"date":"2014-11-30T03:07:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T10:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:46:02","slug":"video-how-to-configure-tiered-storage-in-hyper-v-server-2012-r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netometer.com\/blog\/?p=1552","title":{"rendered":"Screencast: How to Configure Tiered Storage in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gk-legend\" data-style=\"style3\"><strong>Screencast:<\/strong><strong>Hyper-V Server 2012 R2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-style=\"style6\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Configure Tiered Storage Remotely &#8211; in the GUI<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4494dd;\"><strong>Configure Tiered Storage Locally &#8211; in PowerShell<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the popular misconceptions about the free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is that you cannot use Tiered Storage with the free OS version. 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